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Matchplay 21 Blackjack |
When you look at the history of blackjack, you will discover that it looks like a family tree. Starting from the granddaddy of them all — classic, traditional blackjack — generation after generation of blackjack offspring has been born.
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Games have intermarried, other countries have had their influence, the online casino has contributed to the gene pool, and interesting and innovative blackjack babies are being born all the time, but through it all, no one has left the fold. If you look at all the blackjack games that have been created, you will still see family resemblances and a similarity to the great patriarch.
To give an example of all this co-mingling, if you go back a few years you will recall that blackjack spawned a game called Spanish Blackjack, in which all the 10s were removed from the deck. Later on, Spanish Blackjack led to Double Attack Blackjack, which also used a 48-card deck. Recently, a blackjack game called Triple 7s Blackjack hit the tables, which then led to a cross between Spanish Blackjack and Triple 7s, called Matchplay 21 Blackjack.
Like Triple 7s Blackjack, Matchplay 21 offers players a whole slew of payouts for a variety of card combinations, with the focus on the 7 card. Like Spanish Blackjack and Double Attack Blackjack, the 10s are removed from the deck, forming a 48-card deck. But, like most blackjack variants, Matchplay 21 harks solidly back to its forefather — regular, old-fashioned blackjack — and many regular blackjack rules prevail. In Matchplay 21 one of the dealer's cards is a hole card (dealt face down) and the other is dealt face up. In Matchplay 21, the dealer must hit on a soft 17; players can split but they can double down only one time. After a split, a two-card 21 is not considered a blackjack. Aces can be split, as well. When there is a push on 21, the player wins.
| Surrender is allowed in Matchplay 21, which means that if a player looks at his cards and doesn't feel that he has a chance to win, he can surrender half his bet and stop playing out that hand. Insurance is also possible in this game — if the dealer's up card is an ace, the player can bet that he (the dealer) will get a blackjack. If he does, the player wins the insurance bet. |
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As mentioned, the key to Matchplay 21 are the special card combinations — no special side bet is needed to qualify for the special payouts. A "Matchplay 21" is when a player holds three 7s and the dealer holds another 7, as well. This Matchplay 21 combo pays out 40:1 to the player, and it is the most valuable card combination possible. A hand with a 6, 7, and 8 of different suits pays 3:2, as does a hand with three 7s of different suits. If those particular numbers are of the same suit, the payout is 2:1 and if the 6, 7, and 8 or three 7s are all in spades, the payout is 3:1. If the player reaches 21 exactly with a five-card hand, he is paid out 3:2; if he has six cards that total 21, the payout is 2:1; a seven-card hand totaling 21 pays out 3:1.
Matchplay 21 Blackjack is not offered at Wild Jack Online Casino at this time.
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